{
    "term": "compulsory",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "that must be done because of a law or a rule",
            "sensetop": "it is compulsory (for somebody/something) to do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "English is a **compulsory subject** at this level."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**compulsory education/schooling**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The strikers are protesting against the threat of compulsory redundancies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is compulsory for all motorcyclists to wear helmets.",
                    "contextForm": "it is compulsory (for somebody/something) to do something"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "mandatory",
            "topics": ["Permission and obligation", "Education"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpʌlsəri/",
                "audio": "co/compulsory/compulsory__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpʌlsəri/",
                "audio": "co/compulsory/compulsory__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a legal mandate which had to be obeyed): from medieval Latin compulsorius, from compuls- ‘driven, forced’, from the verb compellere, from com- ‘together’ + pellere ‘drive’."
}